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AverageOldGuy

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24. American design and craftsmanship

Reply to dalton99a (Original post)

Thu Jun 4, 2026, 03:16 PM

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New Boeing 787 Dreamliner collapses while parked at the gate [View all] dalton99a Jun 4 OP

It should be called the McDonnel-Douglas DC12 Dreamliner lapfog_1 Jun 4 #1

I won't click on a link that takes me to google search. But I've heard that merger was the disaster. erronis Jun 4 #3

Basically the bean counters won and made the engineers sit in the back dalton99a Jun 4 #5

sit in the back... but not on the new planes that have been created since the merger lapfog_1 Jun 4 #8

added a direct link to youtube. lapfog_1 Jun 4 #10

Yeah... TRICKLE DOWN economics... Justice matters. Jun 4 #20

Too hot? milestogo Jun 4 #2

too cold, or too wet or dry. Too sunny or cloudy? Doesn't like the german language? erronis Jun 4 #4

Two possibilities Happy Hoosier Jun 4 #6

+1. Maybe somebody forgot the locking pin dalton99a Jun 4 #7

so if the bolt or locking pin was not installed at the gate lapfog_1 Jun 4 #9

I mean during routine maintenence, not at the gate. Happy Hoosier Jun 4 #12

More likely the ground crew forgot to put the ground safety pin in. Angleae Jun 4 #33

I flew in one once and never want to fly in one again. RockCreek Jun 4 #11

Yikes BlueWaveNeverEnd Jun 4 #13

I wonder, do the Chinese now get a 10% discount on the 200 Boing jets they say they are gonna buy? 3Hotdogs Jun 4 #14

WTF. barbtries Jun 4 #15

In the air? malaise Jun 4 #17

At 140-170 knots -- yeah, that would be a hot mess, quite literally. nt eppur_se_muova Jun 4 #21

A fireball malaise Jun 4 #22

that too. barbtries Jun 4 #36

WTF? malaise Jun 4 #16

Between this and the s rewworm news slightlv Jun 4 #18

Jeezus Joinfortmill Jun 4 #19

As the new saying goes, Mr. Evil Jun 4 #23

American design and craftsmanship AverageOldGuy Jun 4 #24

With a name like Boeing, I expected it to bounce more. LudwigPastorius Jun 4 #25

Get a hold of yourself! orangecrush Jun 4 #26

Still one of the best movies COL Mustard Jun 4 #28

Thanks orangecrush Jun 4 #31

Watching it now orangecrush Jun 4 #35

Whoopsie! COL Mustard Jun 4 #27

YouTube short canetoad Jun 4 #29

Imagine taking off in the identical plane and seeing this one while waiting for take-off. twodogsbarking Jun 4 #30

... orangecrush Jun 4 #32

Most likely some type of maintenance/ground crew error EX500rider Jun 4 #34

Another easily preventable incident brought to you by deregulated capitalism. Initech Jun 4 #37